Anyone who wants to complain about Golden State Warriors bench boss Steve Kerr letting his players coach his team Monday against the lowly Phoenix Suns is out of touch, TSN Basketball Analyst Jack Armstrong writes

The Raptors’ all-reserve lineup of Fred VanVleet, Delon Wright, Miles, Pascal Siakam and Jakob Poeltl is outscoring opponents by 32.8 points per 100 possessions – the best net rating of any five-man unit that’s played at least 100 minutes together in the NBA this season – which is allowing Kyle Lowry and Toronto’s other starters to play fewer minutes so they can rest up and be fresh for playoff time, TSN Raptors Reporter Josh Lewenberg writes.

While the Toronto Raptors can’t offer a new player they pick up in the post trade-deadline buyout market guaranteed playing time, they’re confident in their sales pitch and they should be with their mix of veteran and young talent on top of their revamped style of play that is turning heads around the league, TSN Raptors Reporter Josh Lewenberg writes.

The season sure looked like it was getting away from the Cleveland Cavaliers, but they didn’t sit on their hands when the NBA Trade Deadline arrived. On the contrary, the Cavs made a bunch of deals and overhauled their roster. Statistically Speaking breaks down a crazy trading day for Cleveland.

Toronto figures to shed just under $1 million in salary off their books for this season, which should free up enough space for them to fill their vacant 15th roster spot without dipping into the luxury tax.

With the third-place Cleveland Cavaliers fading fast in the NBA’s Eastern Conference standings, it seems to be a two-team race between the No. 2 Toronto Raptors and the first-place Boston Celtics who, despite not having someone quite like LeBron James in their lineups, are two well-coached teams with intriguing young pieces to supplement their veteran cores, TSN Raptors Reporter Josh Lewenberg writes.